Jura
French department
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Summary
Jura is a department of France[1]. Jura draws 5,746 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #21 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Clément Pernot[5]
- Capital: Lons-le-Saunier[6]
- Shares border with: Saône-et-Loire[7], Côte-d’Or[8], Haute-Saône[9], Doubs[10], Ain[11], Canton of Vaud[12]
- Named after: Jura Mountains[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Dole[14], arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier[15], arrondissement of Saint-Claude[16], Lombard[17]
- Flag: Vlag van Jura (departement)[18]
- Commons category: Jura (department)[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20], UTC+02:00[21]
- Has part(s): Région des lacs du Jura français[22]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[23]
- Highest point: Crêt Pela[24]
- Official website: http://www.jura.fr/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jura (department)[26]
- Commons gallery: Jura (department)[27]
- Population: 261,294[28], 260,587[29], 260,188[30], 259,746[31], 259,199[32], 258,798[33], 258,555[34], 258,405[35], 257,973[36]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Jura[37]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[38]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Official name: Jura[43]
- List of monuments: liste des monuments historiques du département du Jura[44]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jura[45]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Jura[46]
- Native label: Jura[47]
Why It Matters
Jura has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Jura is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]